NEWARK - A woman who was shot multiple times by her ex-boyfriend inside of a West Ward apartment complex tonight was rushed into surgery and is expected to survive, police said. The man later turned the gun on himself.

The victim, said to be between 30 and 40 years of age, was reportedly arguing with her ex-boyfriend shortly before 6 p.m. when the jilted lover drew a handgun and opened fire in a hallway on the 10th floor of a Manor Drive apartment building, city police spokesman Detective Hubert Henderson said.

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The woman remained conscious despite being shot multiple times, according to Henderson, and was transported to University Hospital in Newark. She underwent surgery late tonight, said Henderson, and is expected to survive.

Once the woman was taken from the building, police tried to contact the alleged shooter, a 53-year-old Newark man who locked himself in the victim's apartment, but the man didn’t respond, according to Henderson.

Officers at the scene eventually gained entry to the apartment to find the man bleeding on the floor after shooting himself in the head, Henderson said. He was also taken to University Hospital, but Henderson was unsure of his condition tonight.

If the man survives his injuries, he is expected to be charged with aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses, Henderson said.

The attack took place just a block away from Mount Vernon Elementary School, where a brutal shooting left three college students dead and another gravely wounded in 2007. The sight of police officers and emergency vehicles descending on the normally tame Ivy Hill neighborhood caused area resident Gloria Kehinde to think back to the vicious 2007 shootings.

"I’m shocked. I’ve never seen anything like this, not since that night," Kehinde, who has lived in the neighborhood for nine years, said.

"This place is usually pretty safe. Things happen now and then but it stays quiet if you mind your own business," added another neighbor, who asked that her name be withheld for fear of reprisal. "This comes as a complete surprise to me."